#BCB541#BCB541

#BCB541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.135 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB541
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -11.60, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 58.87, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.037 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.135 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2184, 44.1221, 11.5032)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB541 #4148BC

analogous

#BC7741 #BCB541 #86BC41

triadic

#BCB541 #41BCB5 #B541BC

tetradic

#BCB541 #41BC77 #4148BC #BC4186

square

#BCB541 #41BC77 #4148BC #BC4186

split-complementary

#BCB541 #4186BC #7741BC

monochromatic

#615D22 #8F8931 #BCB541 #CDC76E #DCD99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BCB541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB541

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB541	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.135 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7c',
    500: '#bcb541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb541;
$custom-light: #d3ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.585,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7573,
    "c": 0.13542,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB541

secondary

#9093C9

accent

#57D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB541

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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